n. (also Gipsy) (pl. -ies) 1 a member of a nomadic people of Europe and n. America, of Hindu origin with dark skin and hair, and speaking a language related to Hindi. 2 (gypsy) a person resembling or living like a Gypsy. gypsy moth a kind of tussock moth, Lymantria dispar, of which the larvae are very destructive to foliage. Gypsydom n. Gypsyfied adj. Gypsyhood n. Gypsyish adj.
[ earlier gipcyan, gipsen f. EGYPTIAN, from the supposed origin of Gypsies when they appeared in England in the early 16th c. ]